U-tapao airport in Rayong province will be upgraded to cater for more passengers. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha) The Transport Ministry and the Royal Thai Navy will sign a cooperative agreement next month to expand the capacity of U-tapao airport, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said on Thursday. The date for the signing has not been set […]
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At 314 metres, MahaNakhon is the tallest building in Thailand. The 22-billion-baht luxury mixed-use project is expected to hand off residential units to customers by year-end. Pace Development Corporation Plc has announced the successful topping off of MahaNakhon at 77 floors, the tallest building in Thailand. At 314 metres, the skyscraper surpasses the current champion, […]
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The Dow Chemical Company yesterday officially inaugurated its new state-of-the-art polyether polyols plant at Asia Industrial Estate, Rayong, as part of its strategy of continued growth in Asia-Pacific. The plant, which recently started operation, has a production capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year, adding to the 25,000 tonnes at Dow’s facility in Map […]
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Singapore’s upscale lifestyle hotel brand, Amara, has spread its wings to Thailand with the recent soft opening of the new Amara Bangkok, located in the Surawong district, parallel to Silom and Sathorn Roads in Bangkok’s Central Business District. The hotel will be managed by Amara Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of Amara Holdings Limited. […]
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German engineering conglomerate Siemens AG foresees continuous demand for rail systems in Thailand despite investment delays. A train approaches construction of the 26.3-kilometre-long Bang Sue-Rangsit Red Line mass-transit project. More rail projects are planned including a 900-km-long double-track railway. WICHAN CHAROENKIARTPAKUN Tomasz Mazur, head of the mobility division at Siemens (Thailand), said even though Thailand had delayed some […]
Continue ReadingThe Marine Department has been ordered to make a development study of a revived proposal for a ferry service across the Gulf linking Pattaya with Cha-am and Hua Hin. Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said a fery service would stimulate tourism, the economy and trade between the east and west coasts of the Gulf of Thailand, shortening travel […]
Continue ReadingALSTOM has been awarded a contract by Toyo Engineering Corporation worth about 65 million euros (Bt2.2 billion) to supply 12 units of 35-to-45-megawatt geared reaction steam turbine (GRT) generators, auxiliaries and condensers to Gulf MP Co for 12 power plants in Thailand. The contract was awarded in the framework of the third phase of Thailand’s […]
Continue ReadingLEED, the acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most globally recognised green-building certification programme. Office tenants increasingly prefer LEED-certified buildings, especially if they have a policy to undertake LEED-certified interior fit-outs, which more companies are doing. Multinational companies such as Citibank, Unilever and L’Oreal have all completed LEED fit-outs in their […]
Continue ReadingStuttgart, Germany, Apr 15, 2015 – (ACN Newswire) – Mark Garvey, 48, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region of the global engineering and construction company M+W Group. Effective 1 May 2015 he will take over this role from Helmut Kurzboeck, who will pursue new opportunities outside M+W Group. Garvey […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet has approved three new inter-city motorways with a combined distance of 324 kilometres to make travel faster and easier, especially to the Northeast. The projects have an estimated cost of 160 billion baht. The three routes will run from Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya via Saraburi to Nakhon Ratchasima, a distance of 196 kilometres; […]
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